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ESB-2002.465 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBUX0208-212 -- Sec. Vulnerability in OpenSSL for JetDirect

Date: 27 August 2002
References: ESB-2002.369  ESB-2003.0290  

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     ESB-2002.465 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBUX0208-212
                Sec. Vulnerability in OpenSSL for JetDirect
                              27 August 2002

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                OpenSSL
Vendor:                 Hewlett-Packard
Operating System:       Jetdirect Firmware Versions X.22.00 to X.23.99
Platform:               HP Jetdirect Print Server
Impact:                 Denial of Service
                        Inappropriate Access
Access Required:        Remote

Ref:                    ESB-2002.369

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 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0208-212
 Originally issued: 26 Aug 2002
 SSRT2328 Security Vulnerability in OpenSSL for JetDirect 
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The information in the following Security Bulletin should be
acted upon as soon as possible.  Hewlett-Packard Company will
not be liable for any consequences to any customer resulting
from customer's failure to fully implement instructions in this
Security Bulletin as soon as possible.

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PROBLEM: Multiple potential vulnerabilities in OpenSSL

PLATFORM: HP Jetdirect Print Servers with Jetdirect Firmware
          Versions X.22.00 through X.23.99 ( where X = L through U )
          only.

DAMAGE: Potential denial of service, potential unauthorized access.

SOLUTION: Until a firmware update is available, disable the
          Embedded Web Server.

MANUAL ACTIONS: Disable the Embedded Web Server.

AVAILABILITY: This bulletin will be revised when a firmware update
              is available.
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 A. Background

 CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) has recently posted
 an alert regarding OpenSSL vulnerabilities in many network
 devices that implement OpenSSL.

 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-23.html
 
 Jetdirect Firmware Versions X.22.00 through X.23.99 
 ( where X = L through U ) are vulnerable on these
 products:
 
        615n J6057A EIO 10/100 Print Server
        610n J4169A EIO 10/100 Print Server
        610n J4167A EIO 802.5 Print Server
        680n J6058A EIO 802.11b Print Server
        380x J6061A External 802.11b Print Server
        310x J6038A External 10/100 Print Server
        250m J6042A LIO 10/100 Print Server


 B. Recommended solution

    Disable the Embedded Web Server on affected JetDirect Print
    Servers until the fixed version of firmware is available. 

    To learn how to disable the Embedded Web Server, as well as
    learn more about securing Jetdirect Print Servers on the network,
    please refer to this document:

      http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/support_doc/
      bpj05999.html#P26_2431

 C. To subscribe to automatically receive future NEW HP Security
    Bulletins from the HP IT Resource Center via electronic
    mail, do the following:

    Use your browser to get to the HP IT Resource Center page
    at:

       http://itrc.hp.com

    Use the 'Login' tab at the left side of the screen to login
    using your ID and password.  Use your existing login or the
    "Register" button at the left to create a login, in order to
    gain access to many areas of the ITRC.  Remember to save the
    User ID assigned to you, and your password.

    In the left most frame select "Maintenance and Support".

    Under the "Notifications" section (near the bottom of
    the page), select "Support Information Digests".
     
    To -subscribe- to future HP Security Bulletins or other
    Technical Digests, click the check box (in the left column)
    for the appropriate digest and then click the "Update
    Subscriptions" button at the bottom of the page.

    or

    To -review- bulletins already released, select the link
    (in the middle column) for the appropriate digest.

    To -gain access- to the Security Patch Matrix, select
    the link for "The Security Bulletins Archive".  (near the
    bottom of the page)  Once in the archive the third link is
    to the current Security Patch Matrix. Updated daily, this
    matrix categorizes security patches by platform/OS release,
    and by bulletin topic.  Security Patch Check completely
    automates the process of reviewing the patch matrix for
    11.XX systems.

    For information on the Security Patch Check tool, see:
    http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/
    displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=B6834AA

    The security patch matrix is also available via anonymous
    ftp:

    ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/export/patches/hp-ux_patch_matrix/

    On the "Support Information Digest Main" page:
    click on the "HP Security Bulletin Archive".

 D. To report new security vulnerabilities, send email to

    security-alert@hp.com

    Please encrypt any exploit information using the
    security-alert PGP key, available from your local key
    server, or by sending a message with a -subject- (not body)
    of 'get key' (no quotes) to security-alert@hp.com.

    Permission is granted for copying and circulating this
    Bulletin to Hewlett-Packard (HP) customers (or the Internet
    community) for the purpose of alerting them to problems,
    if and only if, the Bulletin is not edited or changed in
    any way, is attributed to HP, and provided such reproduction
    and/or distribution is performed for non-commercial purposes.

    Any other use of this information is prohibited. HP is not
    liable for any misuse of this information by any third party.
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